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I have a ‘42-45 unisaw in restore condition. I has mostly surface rust and can mostly be sanded out. I was thinking about doing a restore but want to focus my efforts on woodworking.It has the much sought after goose egg cover.
I removed the top for pics.
The motor 1.5 hp 3 ph.
The goose egg.!
I am not going to part out.$...

I just bought this planer off CL. It runs on 220 and cuts pretty good. It gets some snipe at the end of a pass, but I am sure that the rollers can be adjusted.Anyways any body know any thing about this brand. This thing has to be about 500 lbs. and I need to get into my basement shop before my wife sees it in the garage.:)

I have an older montgomery wards band saw. I need some new blades for it. It measures 68 1/4”.I have bunch of walnut scraps that I can trade.Or if someone wants to buy the saw they can for a good price.

I was looking in the kids projects for a chair that someone had made, but can’t find it.It was a skunk rocking chair/bench. It looked like it may have been made from plywood and had the painting of a skunk on the sides. It wasn’t your typical rocking chair but one where the sides were one whole piece.My sister is due at the end of ...

Making a music stand. I want the long pole to sit inside a long box like tube. So the pole can slide up and down. What is the best way to make a long miter. The pole is white oak and the base will be walnut. My table saw will only tilt to the left. Also I want to try and wrap the grain at least on two sides each.

I am making a door for my brother to cover his breaker box panel. He is not paying me so I am trying to figure out how to make a door without buying anything. I had 3/4 inch hardwood flooring and I milled it down to about 9/16th’s. I was planning on gluing these together to make a panel then rabbeting out the back and pin nailing to a m...